FINANCE SECRETARY FREDERICK D. GO — COURTESY OF DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE FACEBOOK PAGE FINANCE Secretary Frederick D. Go said that setting a “realistic” revenue collection target is important, as revenue collection targets are at risk amid a corruption probe that has dampened economic growth.In a

STOCK PHOTO | Image by RJ Trazona from UnsplashMETRO PACIFIC Tollways Corp. (MPTC) has started the bidding process to select contractors for the first phase of its P8-billion Lapu-Lapu Expressway (LLEx) expansion, which is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2027.“We are actually

DIGIPLUS.COM.PHDIGIPLUS INTERACTIVE Corp., the listed digital entertainment company behind BingoPlus, ArenaPlus, and GameZone, is seeing signs of recovery in the fourth quarter after a steep drop in third-quarter net income triggered by tighter regulations that prompted e-wallet providers to remove in-app access to licensed online

By Jomarc Angelo M. Corpuz, Special Features and Content WriterOther than perhaps the Malacañang Palace, there is no building universally recognizable to any Filipino than a mall built by SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), with its iconic blue and white SM signage. Such is

BW FILE PHOTOTREASURY BILL RATES may ease this week as investors position for a possible rate cut by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in December.The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) will offer P22 billion in T-bills on Monday — P7 billion in 91-day securities

SM SUPERMALLSSM PRIME HOLDINGS, Inc. (SMPH) shares climbed last week following the company’s target announcements and a broader rebound in the property sector.Data from the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) showed SM Prime as the eighth most actively traded stock by Friday, with 67 million shares

BW FILE PHOTOBy Jesus Felipe and Gerardo LargozaThe hundreds of billions of pesos that were stolen from flood control projects have robbed the Philippine economy of protection and productivity. But to say, as many Filipinos do, that they have been robbed of their taxes betrays

BPI FACEBOOK PAGEBANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (BPI)expects its consumer lending expansion to slow next year as weaker economic conditions and geopolitical risks temper demand, a senior official said.“We would have wanted to grow much more,” BPI Consumer Banking head Maria Cristina Go told reporters

THE DEPARTURE ENTRANCE at Laguindingan International Airport (LIA) in Misamis Oriental. — ABOITIZ INFRACAPITAL, INC.ABOITIZ INFRACAPITAL, INC. (AIC), the infrastructure arm of the Aboitiz group, said it has finished key upgrades at Bohol-Panglao (BPIA) and Laguindingan (LIA) International Airports, intended to improve operational reliability at

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOPOULTRY and dairy output expanded in the third quarter, while hog, cattle and goat production contracted, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).The PSA said hog production in the three months to September slipped 1.4% to 408,940 metric tons (MT) on a liveweight

1 of 2RETIRED DESIGNER Wynn Wynn Ong has stepped back into the limelight for an exhibition, Distilled, for the 20th anniversary of the Yuchengco Museum. The exhibit was opened on Nov. 6, and will run until March 2026.While best known for her jewelry, once mostly

PHILIPPINE STAR/RYAN BALDEMOR(Part 3 of 3)If the budget cycle is airtight with safeguards in place at each stage, why then are we seeing corruption at such a horrible scale and stretch today?The answer is found in a Filipino idiom: bantay-salakay.The very actors entrusted to protect